The Commission’s Lobby Register One Year On: Success or Failure?

Author (Corporate)	Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)
Publisher	Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)
Publication Date	2009
Content Type	Report
	As the European Commission prepares to review its voluntary lobby register one year after its official launch in 2008, ALTER-EU has published a detailed report highlighting the failures of the register and putting forward concrete proposals for improvement. Only 593 out of the estimated 2600 Brussels-based lobby organisations have registered (22,8%).
Source Link	Primary Source http://www.alter-eu.org/en/system/files/publications/register-assessment-after-one-year.pdf
Related Links	European Commission: Transparency Register http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/info/homePage.do
Subject Categories	Politics and International Relations
Countries / Regions	Europe